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Official Two Worlds thread - the Oblivion killer?
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Well, at least the PC version already shipped (prematurely).
Found an interesting statement on the official forums, regarding the rumors that TW is delayed indefinitely, because Sony bouht the rights for a PS3 timed exclusive. The quote is from Dirk Hassinger, VP Business Development:
Rough translation:
What bullshit - Reality Pump doesn´t even have a press officer, neither someone named "Belic". And Reality Pump is not holding press conferences.
The X360 version is finished from a developer point of view, and has a multiplayer part. For a PS3 version the concept-approval has not been requested. We are investigating the possibility of developing a PS3 version, and if we decide to, Sony has to investigate if they want that too. To enable us to find out, we -or, to be more precise, our US company- bought PS3 dev kits half a year ago.
If there will be a PS3 version it will for sure not be a port, but a further developed version, an enhancement.
And to add this right away: we also have Nintendo Wii and DS dev kits - but this doesn´t mean necessarily that we are developing a DS version. We think its absolutely normal, to try out new platforms to find out if it makes any sense to develop on them.
On consoles the respective console manufacturer decides what and when anything shows up as a game on their platform. And if this manufacturer doesn´t like what he gets from a developer or publisher, he can force them to change whatever he wants. Alternatively the game never sees the light of day. It happens, that this manufacturers have other interests, priorities and wishes than the publisher and developer.
Regarding purchasability - while I think there aren´t any offers like this, we would f.i. for no money in the world make a DX10-only game, because we want our games to be played. Therefore a platform has to have an installed base.
Found an interesting statement on the official forums, regarding the rumors that TW is delayed indefinitely, because Sony bouht the rights for a PS3 timed exclusive. The quote is from Dirk Hassinger, VP Business Development:
Rough translation:
What bullshit - Reality Pump doesn´t even have a press officer, neither someone named "Belic". And Reality Pump is not holding press conferences.
The X360 version is finished from a developer point of view, and has a multiplayer part. For a PS3 version the concept-approval has not been requested. We are investigating the possibility of developing a PS3 version, and if we decide to, Sony has to investigate if they want that too. To enable us to find out, we -or, to be more precise, our US company- bought PS3 dev kits half a year ago.
If there will be a PS3 version it will for sure not be a port, but a further developed version, an enhancement.
And to add this right away: we also have Nintendo Wii and DS dev kits - but this doesn´t mean necessarily that we are developing a DS version. We think its absolutely normal, to try out new platforms to find out if it makes any sense to develop on them.
On consoles the respective console manufacturer decides what and when anything shows up as a game on their platform. And if this manufacturer doesn´t like what he gets from a developer or publisher, he can force them to change whatever he wants. Alternatively the game never sees the light of day. It happens, that this manufacturers have other interests, priorities and wishes than the publisher and developer.
Regarding purchasability - while I think there aren´t any offers like this, we would f.i. for no money in the world make a DX10-only game, because we want our games to be played. Therefore a platform has to have an installed base.
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
Hammer24 said:
That would be dumb, it's not like Two Worlds was on everyone's radar.
More like a niche title for the Morrowind/D&D crowd.
So anyways anymore reviews of this game anywhere other than that European 360 magazine.
TerryLee81
Member
PC Version is available in Europe, just saw it in a store.
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
This is like what was told me: the game is stuck in the certification process. I'd like to know what MS wanted to be changed...Hammer24 said:
Are there any PC version reviews yet? Except that one that called Oblivion already killed
Lonesome_Raod
Member
Really really want the 360 version like yesterday.
MirageDwarf
Member
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
MirageDwarf said:
Patching the game before it's is even out?
bigmit3737
Member
Here is some info on the PC multiplayer. Everything sounds good so far.
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5460&Itemid=51
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5460&Itemid=51
FTWer said:
The game is already out, some shops sell it since saturday (the PC version that is). But the registration just started yesterday noon (GMT).
The patch, whilst there is no official changelog, is said to improve the MP netcode, add several new MP quests, weapons and two species of monsters.
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Yesterday I discovered that the girl on the game's cover is an homage to Zuxxex's CEO, Alexandra Constandache:
Hammer24 said:
Lol, who wrote that. What is that even saying? That doesn't say anything about a PS3 timed exclusive. So you're saying they may make a PS3 version yet they will hold back on the 360 version until that is done and released. That certainly not what I just got from that. Sounds more like MS cert process than anything which is supposedly where the game is right now. And/or working out the rumors of potential cross platform play.
Jtyettis said:
Wait what? I think we´ve got a complete misunderstanding, so let´s try to put it back together:
- 360 version gets delayed, no reason given
- on a polish forum a rumor surfaces, stating that the reason for the delay is Sony, paying the publisher to hold it and make it timed exclusive for PS3, citing a guy named "Belic" as the press officer of the publisher as source
- on the official forum the VP Business Development goes online, denying this rumor as FUD, and his very statement got quoted by me
- but he fails to deliver the REAL reason for the delay, so some speculation about a rift between MS and the publisher over the Live-Anywhere implementation wont die
Jtyettis said:
Rumor has it, that they implemented LiveAnywhere from the getgo - and MS forces them to take it out, because they want to be the first ones themselves with Shadowrun to offer this functionality. The compromise seems to be to add this later as a download (microrapement?). And the unhappy publisher/developer leaked this to the media, so MS is unhappy and thus the game stuck in "certification".
BUT, like I said, thats a rumor.
First German review: 78%
http://www.4players.de/4players.php...it_Wertung/PC-CDROM/7805/5468/Two_Worlds.html
http://www.4players.de/4players.php...it_Wertung/PC-CDROM/7805/5468/Two_Worlds.html
MirageDwarf
Member
Game doesn't look that gorgeous. In few images it looks ugly. But I wouldn't mind playing it if single player turns out good.
Confidence Man
Member
Kabuki Waq
Member
is it just me or does this game look really ugly?
Munin said:
They are basically saying its more of an "Diablo 3D" than an Oblivion clone. I´ll give a rough translation of their pro´s and con´s:
PRO:
+ interesting story
+ huge world
+ wonderfull landscape
+ great wheather effects
+ great architecture
+ free career chooseable
+ intuitional fighting system
+ lively flora and fauna
+ seven factions with reactions
+ countless weapons and armor
+ complex character development system
+ dynamic wheather
+ damn many quests
+ some extremely good quests
+ exemplary diary
+ noble and zoomable map
+ all in all very good german speech
+ fighting from horse back
+ comfortable teleport system
* three difficulty settings
* five schools of magic
* ingredients in abundance
* good booster card system
* relatively dense inhabited cities
* classical and bizarre monsters
* good potion brewing system
* upleveling for weapons and armor
CON:
- weak movies
- not many dramatical highlights
- stubborn horses
- huge mistakes in collision detection
- logic problems with kills
- no reaction to drawn weapons
- inconsistent behaviour in combat
- few suspense when fighting the big monsters
- huge facades but tiny rooms
- superficial dungeon design
- many similar NPC faces
- many dialogues are oneway
- few finesse in storytelling
- some really stupid quests
- meager mimics and gesture
- no physics
- no traps and few riddles
- mediocre soundtrack
* no real city life
* monotonouos interior
* character generation not complex enough
* no active shield usage
* some weakly designed monsters
* annoying attacks by wolves and wild beasts
* few women as NPC´s
* no moral system
Some screenies from their test:
PS: updated OP, title change
bigmit3737
Member
New Q&A over at http://pc.ign.com/articles/786/786852p1.html
Next review of the PC version, by Game7:
PRO:
+ huge free world
+ lively details
+ interesting combination system
+ free character system
+ nice animations
+ dynamic fights
+ many weapons and armor parts
+ well done voice acting
+ good magic system
+ well done Collectors Edition
+ very fast loading times
+ pad layout integrated
CON:
- horses hard to steer
- very few women in game, no children
- bad lip sync (for german voice acting)
- heads of NPC´s look funny
- you are sliding down hills
- monotonous dungeons
- videos just in ingame graphics
- dialogues with NPC´s all similar
- the combination system makes the creation of invincible artifacts possible
Result: 6 of 7, Hot Buy
Graphics 5/7, Sound 6/7, Gameplay 6/7, SP 6/7, MP 5/7
(updated OP)
PRO:
+ huge free world
+ lively details
+ interesting combination system
+ free character system
+ nice animations
+ dynamic fights
+ many weapons and armor parts
+ well done voice acting
+ good magic system
+ well done Collectors Edition
+ very fast loading times
+ pad layout integrated
CON:
- horses hard to steer
- very few women in game, no children
- bad lip sync (for german voice acting)
- heads of NPC´s look funny
- you are sliding down hills
- monotonous dungeons
- videos just in ingame graphics
- dialogues with NPC´s all similar
- the combination system makes the creation of invincible artifacts possible
Result: 6 of 7, Hot Buy
Graphics 5/7, Sound 6/7, Gameplay 6/7, SP 6/7, MP 5/7
(updated OP)
Eurogamer.de review 6/10 (google translated).
Lonesome_Raod
Member
Still waiting on the 360 version getting out of limbo.
Hammer24 said:
How about the game is a buggy piece of shit that would take tons of patches to get up to speed on a console? My Cert process has some leniency but not Star Wars Galaxies leniency.
Maybe the game just isn't up tp spec for any console regardless of which it is?
Ok so FINALLY my little brother is gone for a week and I get to play this game (on his PC of course, mine isn't strong enough). He's got 1500MB RAM, Athlon 3000+, Geforce 8600 and he's running the game at max settings without any trouble.
I've been playing for a couple of hours now (lots of hours xD) and to be honest, at first it felt a little weird (compared to Oblivion), but then you realize this is how it should feel. The cities are alive, the medieval atmosphere is everywhere and the looting is much better too. There are A LOT MORE different weapons, clothes, armors etc. And I mean, A LOT MORE.
The combat could be better, but it's not bad (I mean, there's dual wielding). But the Magic is awesome. There are lots of spells and it's just awesome. I mean, Bethesda, THIS IS HOW MAGIC SHOULD BE, LEARN PLZ.
Well the map is HUGE and it's filled with bandits, gnoms, city's, etc etc. Lot's and lot's of quests of course.
I mean, I'm a real Oblivion lover, spend more than 200 hours on Oblivion (incl Shivering Isles) but this game is really an Oblivion killer
I've been playing for a couple of hours now (lots of hours xD) and to be honest, at first it felt a little weird (compared to Oblivion), but then you realize this is how it should feel. The cities are alive, the medieval atmosphere is everywhere and the looting is much better too. There are A LOT MORE different weapons, clothes, armors etc. And I mean, A LOT MORE.
The combat could be better, but it's not bad (I mean, there's dual wielding). But the Magic is awesome. There are lots of spells and it's just awesome. I mean, Bethesda, THIS IS HOW MAGIC SHOULD BE, LEARN PLZ.
Well the map is HUGE and it's filled with bandits, gnoms, city's, etc etc. Lot's and lot's of quests of course.
I mean, I'm a real Oblivion lover, spend more than 200 hours on Oblivion (incl Shivering Isles) but this game is really an Oblivion killer
Lonesome_Raod
Member
I know retailers are rarely right so this one is purely speculation but allhave changed the 360 release date to august here in the uk.
Scalemail Ted
Member
This is multiplayer, right?